Apple and Google's base flagship handsets each pack a lot of value for $799, with both phones getting noticeable improvements over prior models. Mike Sorrentino is a Senior Editor for Mobile, covering phones, texting apps and smartwatches -- obsessing ...

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The company launched a crusade to convince Apple to adopt the RCS messaging standard to fix the common messaging hiccups between Android phones and iPhones. Google also worked with Apple to create a specification for unwanted tracking alerts—when your phone identifies an AirTag or another Bluetooth tracker on your person.

Counterpoint Research expects Apple to end 2025 as the world’s biggest smartphone maker, ahead of Samsung, thanks to iPhone 17 demand and an upgrade wave.

Nobody outside Google seems to have seen this coming: a new update from Google means that Apple’ AirDrop will work between iPhones and Android. But will Apple close it?

Wireless file transfers between Android and iPhone are here, with Quick Share starting to become AirDrop-compatible.

Apple still derives about half of its revenue directly from iPhone sales, which explains why the iPhone 17 is so important for the company’s health.